An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in U.S. history. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has been tracking this outbreak for over a year.
Kansas is facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to local health officials.
According to the KDHE, most of the tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported in Wyandotte County on the border of Kansas and Missouri, with 60 "active cases" reported since 2024. Nearby Johnson County, ...